All posts tagged: Independent Bookshops

Observations from . . . September 2026

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A summary of the September posts from the MORE TO COME newsletter.

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Nancy Lemann’s 1985 debut novel is “hilarious, haunting, poignant,” a treasure I discovered at Solid State Books.

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A dreamy, haunting, and evocative novella about a young girl’s year in the Austrian countryside.

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The debut novel by a talented and daring Iranian-American poet and author broadened my worldview.

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An update on my visits to all 30 independent bookshops in the Washington, DC region.

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Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola tell the story of humanity.

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The August MTC posts found me considering the stories and myths that we tell ourselves.

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Molly Crabapple’s story of the Jewish Bund is an ambitious yet flawed work of discovery and history.

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Elizabeth Buchanan looks at why despots over the centuries have tried—and failed—to own Greenland.

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The good folks at Wonderland Books provided some structure for my summer reads.